A Meissen porcelain figure of a lemon seller from the "Cris de Paris" - image-1

Lot 1235 Dα

A Meissen porcelain figure of a lemon seller from the "Cris de Paris"

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 10:00 - Deorative Arts
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain figure of a lemon seller from the "Cris de Paris"

Ground-down base with indistinct blue crossed swords mark, pressnummer 1. Minimal chips to the nose, bows, cloth, and leaves, the forearm reattached. H 13.3 cm.
Model by Friedrich Elias Meyer, 1757, formed slightly after.

Provenance

The Giese Family Collection.

Literature

Cf. Eberle, Cris de Paris, Leipzig 2001, no. 9.